New model of job design: motivating employees' performance

Purpose - The paper aims to identify the key issues of job design research and practice to motivate employees' performance. Design/methodology/approach - The conceptual model of Hackman and Oldham's job characteristics has been adopted to motivate employees' performance. Findings - The paper finds that a dynamic managerial learning framework is required in order to enhance employees' performance to meet global challenges. Practical implications - Traditional outcomes will certainly remain central to the agenda. But some wider developments are to be incorporated within organizational systems so as to motivate employees for better performance. Originality/value - The paper may be of value to researchers and practitioners in the management development field for offering enhanced jobs to employees leading to improved performance.